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Auckland also hitting new highs

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PORT of Auckland is celebrating a strong financial year ending 30 June 2026 recording, like rival Tauranga, a record underlying net profit after tax but unlike Tauranga also...
Auckland also hitting new highs

Tauranga profit up 23% for new record

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PORT of Tauranga has claimed a record underlying profit for the year ended 30 June 2026 following what it says was a range of successful yield, cost and productivity initiatives....
Tauranga profit up 23% for new record

Ro-ro operators standardise emissions measurement

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SMART Freight Centre offshoot Global Ro-Ro Community has established a member-led group to advance a harmonised approach to greenhouse gas emissions accounting. The Global Ro-Ro...
Ro-ro operators standardise emissions measurement

New head for Victoria’s Department of Transport and Planning

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VICTORIA’s Department of Transport and Planning has a new chief, with the current Deputy Secretary of Transport Services Fiona Adamson elevated to the leadership position. Ms...
New head for Victoria’s Department of Transport and Planning

Höegh sees the light: orders more PCTCs

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HÖEGH Autoliners has committed to expanding its successful Aurora-class of PCTCs by a further six vessels and taken another four options. The additional six new dual-fuel LNG and...
Höegh sees the light: orders more PCTCs

Disruption to Tasman, SoPac services

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AUSTRALASIAN near-seas services have been hit by unplanned disruptions at an inconvenient time for shipping lines and their customers. ANL has been obliged to withdraw the ANZ...
Disruption to Tasman, SoPac services

ANL/CMA CGM introduce new MD/GM

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NEUSA Marcelino has taken up her new Melbourne-based role as managing director of ANL Container Line Pty Ltd and general manager of CMA CGM Oceania Agencies, after previous...
ANL/CMA CGM introduce new MD/GM

New Zealand fast-tracks new drydock at Marsden Point

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OCEANIA may have a new drydocking capability, obviating the need to send local ships to Singapore, if a plan to develop a new facility at Marsden Point, New Zealand comes to...
New Zealand fast-tracks new drydock at Marsden Point

China rates becalmed, South East Asia rising again

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RATES from South East Asia to Australia hit a new high this week while those from China spent a second week at a virtual standstill. Xeneta reports the mean rate for shipments...
China rates becalmed, South East Asia rising again

Devonport high on Spirits

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TT LINE ro-pax Spirit of Tasmania IV arrived in home port Devonport yesterday [23 August] to undergo berthing trials and received a rapturous welcome from the general public and...
Devonport high on Spirits

Latest Bass Straiter on sea trials

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SEAROAD Shipping’s new Devonport-Melbourne vessel, Searoad I, late last week completed four days of seat trials in the Skagerrak and Kattegat after virtual completion by Germany’s...
Latest Bass Straiter on sea trials

Poor planning behind tug grounding: ATSB

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THE GROUNDING of a Port Adelaide tug that saw the vessel holed and water enter the engine room can be attributed to insufficient planning and preparation and inadequate risk...
Poor planning behind tug grounding: ATSB

Höegh’s Q2 profits hit the skids

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HÖEGH Autoliners has described its second quarter results as “solid”, despite recording sharp falls in year-on-year EBITDA and profit. Second quarter 2026 gross revenue was USD...
Höegh’s Q2 profits hit the skids

ZIM zooms in second quarter

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ZIM Integrated Shipping Services almost tripled net income in the second quarter of 2026, helped by a strong presence in the healthy trans-Pacific trade and rising freight rates....
ZIM zooms in second quarter

Tasmanian seaborne trade steady in 2025-26

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TASPORTS says Tasmania’s trade performance demonstrated resilience in 2025-26, with total freight volume broadly stable at 14.28 million tonnes while container numbers increased...
Tasmanian seaborne trade steady in 2025-26